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Organizational economics: applications to metropolitan governance

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This comment relates to Richard Posner (2010), the lead article for this issue. Posner applies ‘the principles of organization economics’ to the study of diverse types of organizations. His study comparing the FBI to other types of police organization is important and compatible with the study of urban policing in American metropolitan areas. Many policy prescriptions are based on an inadequate understanding of the diversity of urban public good production functions and a lumping together of every type of police service. A brief review of research related to the concept of polycentricity as related to urban services in metropolitan areas is provided as a way of further illustrating Posner's concern that finer distinctions need to be made in the way scholars analyze organizational economics.

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  • Ostrom, Elinor, 2010. "Organizational economics: applications to metropolitan governance," Journal of Institutional Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 6(1), pages 109-115, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jinsec:v:6:y:2010:i:01:p:109-115_99
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